Clementines or Mandarin Oranges in Sweetened Vodka

When I owned a restaurant in Manhattan in the early 1980s, I would pull out all the stops for my annual New Year’s Eve dinner. I charged our guests a hefty sum to spend the evening and the wee hours of the morning at my restaurant, but I was so extravagant I always lost money on the whole affair. The last in a long line of special dishes, each accompanied by a Champagne, were these alcohol-laced clementines, eaten whole, skin and all, which I served to accompany a good marc. As stuffed as t